Farmleigh Bridge
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| Crosses | River Liffey |
| Locale | Dublin |
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| Design | Box truss |
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| Opened | 1850s |
The Farmleigh Bridge (Irish: Droichead Farmleigh), also known as the Strawberry Beds Bridge,[1] is a privately owned disused bridge spanning the River Liffey and the Lower Lucan Road in Dublin, Ireland.
A single-span steel box truss bridge,[1] with stone and masonry supports, it was built in the 1850s[2] to carry electricity lines from the mill race turbine to nearby Farmleigh house, and was used by staff who lived on the south side of the river (by Palmerstown) as a short-cut to the grand house.[3]
The bridge (near the Angler's Rest pub) is long disused, with no remaining base or platform to carry traffic, though the elaborate stone gateway remains. The tunnel is no longer accessible and has been collapsed.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Farmleigh Bridge (or Strawberry Beds Bridge) at StructuraeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ National Inventory of Architectural Heritage - Entry on bridge
- ↑ Farmleigh House Tour - Including description of Bridge
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